Comments on: Borg Warner to invest $40 million in dual-clutch transmission facility

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:59:10 +0000

Z06ified: of course, since it’s an American company, nobody gives credit where credit is due. But if it came from anywhere outside North America, it’d be the best thing since sliced bread. As you can see there’s a bunch of hypocrites roaming these forums…

By: deutschetouring1337

deutschetouring1337 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:09:59 +0000

Cost.

By: bigp

bigp — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:49:11 +0000

if an american company makes it why dont more am companies use the transmission

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:14:22 +0000

Well its interesting how almost everyone gives credit to the Germans for inventing the DSG transmission (Audi, VW, and BMW), when it was actually a U.S. company that designed and built it.

Borg Warner got virtually no credit or publicity for developing this technological wonder.

By: deutschetouring1337

deutschetouring1337 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:49:02 +0000

They are of course the most expensive to fix compared to legacy model types of transmissions.

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:33:44 +0000

Borg Warner US company. Building this capacity in Europe means increasing cost of each tranny they plan to sell. Why not build them here and ship there?

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:06:29 +0000

Of course dual clutches transmissions are the way forward. It’s the most superior, mass-production ready design available. I hope every car maker incorporates them into their vehicles.

By: agent09

agent09 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:04:15 +0000

borg is a way better name than limp plunger

By: jamaicandude

jamaicandude — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:56:13 +0000

When a company like Borg Warner is prepared to invest that kind of cheese into a new factory for a transmission, then you know that dual clutch is the way to go. We’ll be seeing these in a lot more cars. Purists will howl, but you can’t really argue with the performance potential.